Obese appears in PLINC’s
Psychedelitypes (1968) as Pyschedelitype
5723 3n and,
with more widths and shadow variants in Alphabet
Yearbook 1969. Used already in
1967. Shown in One Line (1971) as
Obese together with regular and Extended widths, plus
5 shadow variants (A = double
outline with open shadow, B = A with solid letter, C = B with solid
shadow, D = A with solid shadow, E = D without second outline).
Credited to Ed Benguiat by Daylight
Fonts.
A virtually identical face is shown by Lettergraphics as Mania, in six styles
(Bold, Contour,
Light, Open Shaded, Outline, Shaded). [Lettergraphics 1968–1975] [Lettergraphics 1970] Mania has
slightly more open counters and less well-defined shapes, see e.g.
‘S’. It is not clear which came first. Carried as
Photomania by Fürst [1970 catalog] and Mecanorma
[1972
announcement], and by Formatt as Deborah Laureen
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Obese appears in PLINC’s Psychedelitypes (1968) as Pyschedelitype 5723 3n and, with more widths and shadow variants in Alphabet Yearbook 1969. Used already in 1967. Shown in One Line (1971) as Obese together with regular and Extended widths, plus 5 shadow variants (A = double outline with open shadow, B = A with solid letter, C = B with solid shadow, D = A with solid shadow, E = D without second outline). Credited to Ed Benguiat by Daylight Fonts.
A virtually identical face is shown by Lettergraphics as Mania, in six styles (Bold, Contour, Light, Open Shaded, Outline, Shaded). [Lettergraphics 1968–1975] [Lettergraphics 1970] Mania has slightly more open counters and less well-defined shapes, see e.g. ‘S’. It is not clear which came first. Carried as Photomania by Fürst [1970 catalog] and Mecanorma [1972 announcement], and by Formatt as Deborah Laureen [Formatt 1974]. Shown in Dan X. Solo’s Art Deco Display Alphabets (Dover, 1982) as Mania and in the Phil’s Photo catalog as Photomania No.2. Richard W. Mueller’s Mama (1993) is an inofficial freebie digitization.
